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Unread 08-04-2020, 01:06 AM   #1
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The Parker CHE was an ideal candidate to convert to a 21st Century pigeon gun.jpg

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Parker CHE
Serial No. 132269
115 years old, but doesn't look its age.
12 gauge
32" barrels
straight stock replaced in 2008

Come home, and I will take good care of you. I apologize for ever selling you.

If you know who owns this gun, please send me a PM. I would like to buy it back.

Old guns matter!

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Unread 08-04-2020, 08:14 AM   #2
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nice

family gun??

or just seller's regret
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nice

family gun??

or just seller's regret
The latter.

It would be a fitting end to find it for sale on a gun dealer's site.

Like all guns, it has a story to tell. And at 115 it has a long one!

I told a part of it once.

Ode to a Pigeon Gun.pdf
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Steven , A very nice gun ,with the internet there is always the possibility of locating it ! Locating it might depend on how long ago you parted with it ! High grade guns seem to have staying qualities in collections and I have read usually around twelve years or so on the average , I don't know if that's true or not but I have parted company with many lower grade guns over the years ,while I have a CHE 20 Gauge that I have owned for at least 15 years or so ! Good Luck in your search !
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Steven , A very nice gun ,with the internet there is always the possibility of locating it ! Locating it might depend on how long ago you parted with it ! High grade guns seem to have staying qualities in collections and I have read usually around twelve years or so on the average , I don't know if that's true or not but I have parted company with many lower grade guns over the years ,while I have a CHE 20 Gauge that I have owned for at least 15 years or so ! Good Luck in your search !
Thanks. As luck would have it, I sold it twelve years ago.
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Steven,

A great article. What moment of weakness overtook you to sell it?

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Nice read Steve.
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Briley screw in chokes?? $500 spent to lower the value of a gun by approximately $2500. To each his own. I don't know how hard I would look for this great gun. Of course, it may be priced to reflect the installation of the Brileys. Good luck in your search.
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Just start with contacting who you sold it to and work forward from there. If You have not done that already.
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Briley screw in chokes?? $500 spent to lower the value of a gun by approximately $2500. To each his own. I don't know how hard I would look for this great gun. Of course, it may be priced to reflect the installation of the Brileys. Good luck in your search.
I DID NOT put Brileys in the gun - heaven forbid!

I love the barrel work Briley does on bores; they have the best machining in the business. But bringing up choke tubes was in the context of other options, like a single trigger, none of which did I select.

If I had my way, there would be fixed chokes in my DT10 sporting gun. I haven't changed chokes in that gun in ten years.

Please forgive any misunderstanding.

I am a firm believer in fixed chokes, double barrels, and double triggers.
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